8/30/2023 0 Comments Cult of the lamb secret rooms![]() ![]() Furthermore, this study builds upon the article “Berggasse 19: Inside Freud’s Office” in which Diana Fuss and Joel Sanders posit Freud’s “labor of self-entombment” within his office space ( Fuss and Sanders, 2015, p. The present analysis contributes to the greater body of work on architecture as an active entity, psychoanalysis, and ancient Egyptian history. ![]() ![]() The analyst’s room retains its active role in psychoanalysis sessions. Freud’s iconic, tomb-like office laid the foundation for the contemporary emphasis on psychoanalytic office design and architecture. The office’s Egyptian elements and tomb-like architecture appear to illuminate the profound influence Egyptian culture and civilization had on Freud’s psychoanalytic setting and practice. Following contemporary, psychoanalytic “active room” theory ( Danze, 2005) and “active container” theory ( Quinodoz, 1992), Freud’s office and the ancient Egyptian tomb were active rooms–closed-off spaces that significantly contributed to the contained individual’s psychic transformation. The Egyptian tomb’s spatial and physical design was considered to permit the mummy’s spirit to transcend the body and transition into the afterlife. The office’s spatial and physical design appears to have permitted the patient to participate in free association and, in turn, overcome past traumas. Representations of essential Egyptian tomb elements and furniture were also included inside Freud’s enclosed, tomb-like office. In the tomb and office, the space that held the body was composed of conjoining, externally sealed off rooms. Upon closer inspection, it appears that Freud’s office floor plan nearly matches Egyptian 18th Dynasty tomb floor plans, including that of King Tutankhamun. In his 1937 essay “Constructions in Analysis,” Sigmund Freud related King Tutankhamun’s well-preserved Egyptian tomb to his psychoanalytic practice. – Sigmund Freud, Notes Upon a Case of Obsessional Neurosis Freud’s Office and the Egyptian Tomb They were, in fact, I said, only objects found in a tomb, and their burial had been their preservation. I then made some short observations upon the psychological differences between the conscious and unconscious, and upon the fact that everything conscious was subject to a process of wearing-away, while what was unconscious was relatively unchangeable and I illustrated my remarks by pointing to the antiques standing in my room. ![]()
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